id: ocd-person/d618a68e-ed3a-47a5-be24-852af75d9ab3
name: Rita Parks
given_name: Rita
family_name: Parks
birth_date: 1962-12-18
gender: Female
email: rparks@senate.ms.gov
image: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/parks.jpg
party:
- name: Republican
roles:
- start_date: 2012-01-03
  type: upper
  jurisdiction: ocd-jurisdiction/country:us/state:ms/government
  district: '4'
offices:
- classification: capitol
  address: State Capitol Room 212-C, 400 High St., Jackson, MS 39201
  voice: 601-359-2886
- classification: district-mail
  address: P.O. Box 1018, Jackson, MS 39215
- classification: district-mail
  address: P.O. Box 303, Corinth, MS 38835
links:
- url: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/parks.xml
  note: homepage
other_names:
- name: Parks, R.
- name: R. Parks
- name: R.P. Parks
- name: Rita Potts Parks
other_identifiers:
- scheme: legacy_openstates
  identifier: MSL000193
sources:
- url: https://ballotpedia.org/Rita_Parks
- url: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/parks.xml
- url: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/ss_membs.xml
- url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Potts_Parks
extras:
  occupation: Quality and Regulatory Manager
  education:
  - University of Mississippi
  - Alcorn Central High School
  counties represented:
  - Alcorn
  - Tippah
  other phone: (662)415-4793